Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has become the latest political figure to be embroiled in an inquiry into the Obeid-linked Australian Water Holdings (AWH).

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has heard a $5,000 donation was demanded as the price of a meeting with Mr Newman when he was Brisbane's lord mayor in 2007.

The current New South Wales head of the Australian Hotels Association, Paul Nicolaou, has given evidence to the ICAC about a meeting he organised between Mr Newman and AWH chief executive Nick Di Girolamo.

Mr Nicolaou said AWH was asked to make a $5,000 donation to meet with Mr Newman.

Counsel assisting the ICAC, Geoffrey Watson, asked if the money was "the price of meeting Campbell Newman".

Nicolaou's Solutions R Us under spotlight

Mr Nicolaou also told the ICAC his company Solutions R Us was on a retainer with AWH for four years.

The inquiry heard there are no records of what he did for the $225,000 he was paid, but he said he introduced AWH to clients and was asked to get Mr Di Girolamo entry to the Qantas Chairman's Lounge, but failed.

He said he could "provide emails for the commission" about the work he did.

Mr Nicolaou insisted that over four years he never discussed the retainer he was on with his friend, Senator Arthur Sinodinos, who was also on the AWH board.

"I didn't speak to him because I didn't report to him, I reported to Nick Di Girolamo," he said.

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